NEW HAVEN -- Danbury held off FCIAC rival Ridgefield late in the meet Monday night, in events in which each was strong, at the Floyd Little Athletic Center to reclaim the State Open boys indoor track championship the Hatters had last won in 2011.

Danbury, which beat Ridgefield for the Class LL championship two weeks ago by three points, was runner-up to Bloomfield in 2013 and fifth in 2012.

Danbury won with 48 points. Ridgefield scored 40. McMahon was third (27), followed by Darien (22), Windsor (20), Fairfield Prep (18), Morgan (17) and Staples (13.) The Hatters led the Tigers by 42-36 entering the final event, the 4x400-meter relay, in which Danbury took third and Ridgefield fourth.

"Every single event was important to us," Danbury coach Rob Murray aaid. "We only won one event. But we scored (points) in nine of the 10 events we entered. I know how hard Ridgefield trains. They've really pushed us in this championship season."

Danbury also won the FCIAC championship over Ridgefield.

"We got fourths in the pole vault (Leland Roberts) and high jump (Mike Morrow)," Murray said. "They did a little better than their seeds, but we all knew they were capable of doing a little better."

Danbury's Chaz Winter won the 600 in a personal best time of 1 minute and 23.74 seconds, completing a sweep of the event he won at the FCIAC and Class LL championships. He improved by nearly two seconds over his previous best and beat runner-up Ryan Flach, of Oxford, by 0.69 of a second.

"Since the beginning of the season, my goal has been to be the champion in the State Open," he said.

The meet's speed king was McMahon senior Shynden Pierre. He won the 300 in 35.17. Pierre was runner-up in the 55-meter dash in a personal record of 6.57 seconds, finishing 0.05 of a second behind winner Julio Gil-Martinez, of Waterford.

"I did not see the 6.57 coming," said Pierre, part of McMahon's second-place 4-by-200-meter relay. His goal was to run a 34.8 in the 300 and was not pleased with his time.

"That's something to be happy about," Pierre, who plans to compete for Southern Connecticut State next year, said of the 300 win.

Fairfield Prep senior Christian Alvarado said he was disappointed to place second in the 1600 to Farmington's Matt Chisholm by 0.94 of a second but that pushed him harder in the 3,200, which he won in a meet record time of 9:07.63. He stayed right behind Darien runner-up Alex Ostberg by a couple of strides until the final 200 meters before sprinting past him to win by 2.67 seconds.

"I was a little down after the 1,600, I'm not going to lie," Alvarado said. "I decided to man-up for the 3200. I got off to a good start and I was staying on his heels."

Darien senior Nicholas Lombardo won the high jump by two inches with a leap of 6 feet, 8 inches